​The engine compartment of a lorry caught fire along the East Coast Parkway (ECP) expressway on Sunday (Apr 3), said the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF).

No one was injured in the incident, which took place on the ECP towards the city, just before the entrance of the Marina Coastal Expressway.

A video of the incident sent in by a viewer showed flames and thick black smoke engulfing the cabin of the lorry.​According to SCDF, they were alerted to the incident at 1.35pm and sent a fire engine and a Red Rhino to the scene. The blaze was extinguished using a hose reel, it added.